INVESTIGATION. South Africa's parliament Thursday ordered...

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March 16, 1990

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — INVESTIGATION. South Africa's parliament Thursday ordered a probe into the funding of a secret military unit accused of political killings. Its multiparty watchdog committee said the auditor-general should examine all the books and vouchers of the Defense Ministry's secret $2.2 billion Special Defense Account. The committee report said there was evidence that funds voted for ''special force'' operations outside South Africa had been used for unauthorized domestic projects. Allegations of officially sanctioned political killings have triggered calls for the defense minister's resignation.